#4E451A#4E451A

#4E451A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.062 H 97.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E451A
RGB	rgb(78, 69, 26)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 66.7%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.29, -2.32, 26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.29, 26.88, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(38.96% -0.0082 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(38.96% 0.062 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4567, 5.9508, 1.8383)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E451A #1A234E

analogous

#4E2B1A #4E451A #3D4E1A

triadic

#4E451A #1A4E45 #451A4E

tetradic

#4E451A #1A4E2B #1A234E #4E1A3D

square

#4E451A #1A4E2B #1A234E #4E1A3D

split-complementary

#4E451A #1A3D4E #2B1A4E

monochromatic

#171408 #201C0B #4E451A #7C6E29 #AA9639

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#4E451A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4E451A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E451A

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E451A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E451A	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E461C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54403C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e451a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 69, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.062 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817858',
    500: '#4e451a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e451a;
$custom-light: #817858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e451a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38963,
    "c": 0.06221,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E451A

secondary

#404B84

accent

#66DA4E

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEDE9

border

#CAC8C5

text

#0B0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E451A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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